You sweep angles with a caliper to get accurate hole locations... then you drill them not clamped, so the holes can wander all over. I appreciate your sharing. I will also try to save you a little grief. I've spent a lifetime around industrial stuff, I'm no safety nazzi. But drilling holes unlamped like that is easily on the top 10 list for most common "-ooh!" close call moments. I've known quite a few people with significant hand injuries (does the phrase "gutted my thumb muscles" turn your stomach like it does mine?). I had many a close call myself, before I said, "you know, it's really not much more work to always have 2-3 c-clamps by the drillpress and a drill vice." Tip: a rubber or plastic mallet is handy for getting the vice moved that last little bit to align with your hole location.
The build is a surface sander, not a surface grinder. The latter requires being able to move in and out along the Y axis in order to surface the entire width of the workpiece with the lowest point of the "grinding" wheel. While this modification will allow cleaning up surfaces, it neither ensures flatness of a surface nor precise thickness when both sides are sanded.
@@mannsdan I need to build a 6,000 sq. ft. workshop to house all of the machinery and tools I'm accumulating and have plans to purchase. I own several acres of land, but the property is 30 minutes from my current home. My wife is growing increasingly annoyed and wants me to build a new home on the remote property, but I need high speed internet and that won't be available there until 2026 (at the earliest).
@gaiustacitus4242 oh my goodness what a conundrum! I've been looking for property for years. The price of land has gone through the roof in my area lately and it's hard to justify spending a fortune on land and leave little left to build a house with! Best of luck brother!
